Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Aytekin Tank is the founder and CEO of Jotform. History attests to the creative power of polymaths. Luckily, today’s AI-, internet ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about innovation and the future of education. Ever been to one of those events where everyone has to introduce themselves?

Some of history’s greatest contributions have come from polymaths. Aristotle practically invented half a dozen fields of study across philosophy. Galileo was as much a physicist as he was an engineer ...

Two hundred years ago, it was still possible for one person to be a leader in several different fields of inquiry. Today that is no longer the case. So is there a role in today's world for the ...

As unbelievable as it is, 2018 has come to a close, almost. The last column that I wrote on musicians and mental health seems to have struck a chord with many, and I am now hopeful that this issue can ...

Humans live in a world of stimulating but skittish flux: Our senses swirl, our brains twitch. We are, as T.S. Eliot wrote, “distracted from distraction by distraction.” No wonder he prayed, “Teach us ...

Today's polymaths might share the same personal qualities as Thomas Young - an abundance of grey matter, of course, combined with relentless curiosity and a tendency to workaholicism (Young barely ...